Winner of Nevada Duck Stamp contest announced

2:16 AM,
Nov. 27, 2013

Pennsylvania resident Jocelyn Beatty won the 2014 Nevada Duck Stamp contest with her painting of the American coot. The stamp is required for duck hunting and costs $10. Proceeds support Nevada wildlife.

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Scott Oxarart
soxarart@rgj.com

A Pennsylvania artist will have her art on a very popular Nevada stamp.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife announced that Jocelyn Beatty won the 2014 Nevada Duck Stamp Art Contest earlier this month out of a pool of several applicants.

"It was a challenge to paint a gray-black bird, compared to the colorful ducks I usually paint," Beatty said in a statement. "I tried to get more color in the water, and the aspen leaves were a pop of color. I'm glad they liked it." ...